Related Records

1. An excerpt from the American Angler magazine about Dan Devine guiding fishing parties from the Manitowish railroad station to Presque Isle Lake, via the Manitowish chain. 1896-97 - Devine would meet the fishermen at the Rest Lake dam and boat them to Clear Lake where they would travel via foot to Papoose Lake and then boat to Presque Isle Lake.

   Record Type: Archive

   
2. An Outing of Waukesha Men in the Wilds of Wisconsin 9/27/1900 - An article telling of a fishing trip to the Manitowish waters and surrounding area. Interesting references: Dan Devine, George Buck, water levels, Divide's logging camp, Lafin's on Big Lake, moonshine, plus many others. The author of the article, A.H.Y., could be the Waukesha Freeman owner, author Henry Youmans.

   1900

   Record Type: Archive

   
3. Buswell lumber company cottages and town. 1905-1910 - Source Information Provider's name: Ticket to Buswell Facebook page URL: https://www.facebook.com/TicketToBuswell/photos/a.1635977279981942.1073741829.1635294486716888/1912155695697431/?type=3&theater Digital ID: none Image ID: none Date: unknown

   Record Type: Photo

   
4. Buswell mill, Logging, Railroad, lumber mill 1905-1910 - Source information: Provider's name: Ticket to Buswell Facebook page URL: http://www.facebook.com/TicketToBuswell/photos/a. 1635977279981942.1073741859.1635294486716888/191285348960939/?type=3&theater Date: unknown

   Record Type: Photo

   
5. Buswell railroad building and laborers. 1905-1910 - Source Information Provider's name: Ticket to Buswell Facebook page URL: https://www.facebook.com/TicketToBuswell/photos/a.1704799109766425.1073741844.1635294486716888/1934491413463859/?type=3&theater Digital ID: none Image ID: none Date: unknown

   Record Type: Photo

   
6. Buswell railroad tracks from Rice Creek. 1905-1910 - Source Information Provider's name: Ticket to Buswell Facebook page URL: https://www.facebook.com/TicketToBuswell/photos/a.1635977279981942.1073741829.1635294486716888/1673200336259636/?type=3&theater Digital ID: none Image ID: none Date: unknown

   Record Type: Photo

   
7. Buswell Sawmill and Lumber Yard on Papoose Lake. 1905-1910 - Perkins/Devine Collection Buswell burned in 1910

   Record Type: Photo

   
8. "Forest fire burned the life out of Buswell" by Jean Rein 2000 - "8 1/2 years the village was established, prospered, burned and ceased to exist" The article lists Buswell's doctors and teachers and includes a history of the town's Post Office.

   Logging Collection

   Record Type: Library

   
9. Forest & Stream Magazine article "The Sportsman Tourist in Muscallunge Country" 1891 - Story of the author's fishing journey beginning on the Manitowish River, camping at the logging camp at the Rest Lake dam, paddling up Rice Creek and portaging to Papoose Lake. The article includes a description of the Mississippi River Logging Co building on Vance Lake and the life of a lumberman, spending a night at Irishman A.R. Andrews homestead on the Manitowish River and meeting the Devine family on Clear Lake. Included in this record is an excerpt from Kay Krans' article about the Rest Lake dam tenders, which discusses the logging camp being used as a summer "hotel".

   Fishing Collection

   Record Type: Library

   
10. "Four weeks on Presque Isle Lake, Wisconsin" recounts a fishing trip in the area. The article discusses Papoose Lake, Big Lake and the Ojibwa harvesting wild rice on Rice Creek. 1895 - A story of a fishing trip to Presque Isle Lake in August 1895. The group also fished Papoose Lake and Big Lake, noting the harvesting of wild rice in Rice Creek by the Ojibwa.

    Fishing Collection

    Record Type: Library

    
11. Letter from historian Michael Dunn to MWHS board member, MW Town Chairman and good friend John Hanson regarding sharing Dunn's historical writings. 2017 - Dunn's letter also discusses Winchester's Buswell lumber company and references historic area train service (record #2018.7.12) and post offices along train routes (#2018.7.13). See related records for images of the Buswell building siding Dunn discusses.

    2017

    Record Type: Archive

    
12. Mr. & Mrs. Roy Chopp purchase Clear Lake Poultry Farm on County Highway K from Frank Walasek. 1944 - Included in the purchase was livestock, 1000 chickens and Camp Sterling resort on Papoose Lake. Chopp's owned the farm until 1948. Current address- 13104 CTH K

    April 1944

    Record Type: Archive

    
13. "Old towns now gone: Buswell typifies old northern towns" by Alan G. Barbia 1992 - This article discusses the lumber town of Buswell on Papoose Lake (1895-1910). It also mentions the towns of Fosterville, Winegar, Presque Isle, Winchester and Oxley as well as the push to sell logged land for farming purposes.

    Logging Collection

    Record Type: Library

    
14. Piece of building foundation from the lumber town of Buswell on Papoose Lake. 1905-1910

    Foundation

    Record Type: Object

    
15. Piece of siding from a building at the lumber town of Buswell on Papoose Lake. 1905-1910 - "B.H. Dooley Papoose Jct " is stamped on the back side. Green in color.

    Siding

    Record Type: Object

    
16. Piece of siding from a building at the lumber town of Buswell on Papoose Lake. 1905-1910 - "B.H. Dooley Papoose Jct Wis" is stamped on the back side. Brown in color.

    Siding

    Record Type: Object

    
17. Piece of siding from a building or a box at the lumber town of Buswell on Papoose Lake. 1905-1910 - "B.H. Dooley Papoose Jct Wis" is stamped on the back side. Brown in color.

    Siding

    Record Type: Object

    
18. Two images of the train traveling to/from Buswell on the Papoose cut-off tracks. 1905-1910 - Perkins/Devine Collection

    Record Type: Photo

    
19. Village of Buswell- Early Lumber Settlement Vanished from Area Scene by Michael J. Dunn III - Printed in The Lakeland Times souvenir Bicentennial Issue 6/24/1976.

    1976

    Record Type: Archive